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Jamie Ashen is a happily married man. Spending the night
with his wife, he’s surprised to receive a package with no obvious sender.
Inside the box he finds a perfectly normal looking, but creepy, ventriloquist
dummy.

I know. There’s nothing worse than a recipe ventriloquist
dummy movie. It’s been done to death and it’s always the same thing. Usually, that’s
what I’d be saying, but this time I actually enjoyed it.

Ryan Kwanten (True
Blood, Knights of Badassdom, Not Suitable For Children) is good actor and I’ve
loved Donnie Wahlberg (Blue Bloods,
Runaway, Band of Brothers) since I saw him as Duddits in Dreamcatcher (a guilty-pleasure alien
movie). They worked well together, despite the fact that Wahlberg’s character
had about as much depth as a kiddy pool. Aside from that, Judith Roberts (Eraserhead, Orange is the New Black, The
Heart She Holler) was a great choice for Mary Shaw.

I’ll admit that about halfway into the film I was certain
that Dead Silence was going to be
like all the rest. It had all the mild shocks and creepy moving dummy eyes that
you’d expect. What elevated the movie to something better was the second half.

I can’t pinpoint when the film started to get better, but I
can say that once it hit that point I found it very difficult to look away from
the screen. The ending was the best I’ve seen in a while.

I would definitely watch this movie again; possibly even
recommend it to friends that enjoy horror.

Dave Skylark is the face of a popular tabloid show. When his
producer, Aaron Rapaport, begins to show interest in covering more hard-hitting
and political stories, Skylark agrees. When the chance comes in the form of an
interview request with Kim Jong-Un, they find themselves making a deal with the
CIA to assassinate him.

I probably don’t need to explain why I decided to skip the random
part of my blog and go straight for this film do I? It was on my “Top Ten
Movies to Look out for in December” article, which automatically would have had
it added to my list. Add to that the political mess surrounding it I couldn’t wait
to wind up picking it eventually. I was way too curious.

I understand now.

I understand that The
Interview was the cinematic equivalent of mooning North Korea and the fact
that they got so god damn pissed about it proves that their entire government
consists of spoiled 3-year-olds.

The movie had some hilarious parts. With James Franco (True Story, Good People, As I Lay Dying)
and Seth Rogen (Neighbors, The Guilt
Trip, Take This Waltz) as the leading men, there was no lacking for
chemistry either. That being said, it wasn’t exactly the kind of upscale
political commentary you might see from Jon Stewart (The Daily Show, Rosewater, The Colbert Report): truth with class.
This was more: truth with ass.

The fact is I’m happy I watched The Interview. It was no This
is the End, in fact, it wasn’t even a good enough stupid movie to be on par
with Ace Ventura, but it was still
amusing.

As for the political shit-storm that the film started, I
simply have to shake my head at it.

I’m glad that Sony put on their big-boy pants and released The Interview, even with all the hacking
and threats. It may seem like something small, standing up for the release of a
mostly-dumbass film, but it’s about freedom of speech in the end.

I salute the writers, directors, producers, Sony, Franco and
Rogen for mooning the hell out of Kim Jong-Un with this piece.

Why? Because fuck that guy, that’s why.

Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 52%

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 55%

Netflix’s Prediction for Me – 4/5

Trust-the-Dice Score – 4/5

P.S. Small piece after the credits. Not a scene really, just
a little something.